Bruno David Gallery: Friday, 1 March 2013
RICHARD HULL: RECENT PAINTINGS
MARIO TREJO: Projected Edifices (Front Room)
DICKSON BEALL: Borders & Boundaries: Virtual & Real (New Media Room)
March 1-30, 2013
Opening Reception:
Friday, March 1, 2013, from 5 to 9 pm
Public Hours: Wednesday through Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Bruno David Gallery is pleased to present Richard Hull’s first solo exhibition with the gallery, on view March 1-30, 2013, with an opening reception on Friday, March 1, 2013. A catalogue, RICHARD HULL: RECENT PAINTINGS, will be published on the occasion of the exhibition.
Richard Hull’s paintings fill their canvases with large swathes of color; blocks of opaque hues are overlaid with sweeping brushstrokes clustered together that function like ripples on the water—but far less transient. Rings within a tree may more appropriate, as the description evokes the same feelings of growth that Hull’s painterly gestures achieve. The comparison of grooves on a record player describes some of the patterns, but neither the liveliness of the purposeful irregularities within Hull’s stroke widths nor the texture of thick paint upon the canvas.
Although Hull’s paintings are not traditional portraits, each artwork has a distinct feeling of character. Hull applies a layer of melted beeswax to his canvas before painting, making the rich colors found in his work possible. Then, he paints shapes of hot and cold colors against each other, creating a skewed sense of perspective. This confusion of space, in addition to Hull’s use of repeating lines and simplified shapes, keeps the viewer from identifying a clear subject. The general weight of the masses of shapes often resembles a portrait silhouette, suggesting a living presence.
In the Front Room, the gallery presents an exhibition titled “Projected Edifices” by Mario Trejo. This is his second one-person exhibition at Bruno David Gallery. In his paintings, Trejo visually explores the macro and microcosmic struggle through manic mark-making. His work is a meticulous accumulation of idiosyncratic marks that, at a distance, appear as dark and ethereal cosmic forms, but upon closer inspection reveal themselves as an expanse of scratches that crumble into a Promethean struggle. The hundreds of thousands of marks create illusion of an emerging form, exhibiting the artist’s conscious and sensitive attention to both detail and entirety. The drawings begin to expose small universes, each a relic of the arduous performance of repeated gestures. The compulsive mark-making reflects the eternal battle between the artist and his surroundings, but the product becomes a facsimile of the sublime remoteness of the universe in miniature, revealing at once loneliness, futility, chaos and uncertainty. The artist aptly describes his work as a metaphor for imperium under which we all reside.
In the New Media Room, the gallery presents an installation video work titled “Borders & Boundaries: Virtual & Real,” by Dickson Beall. In his new work, multimedia artist Dickson Beall explores art, from the time of cave painting to present day. In this necessarily selective review, the artist’s focus is on the inter-relationship of expanding “empires” and “bridges” of communication – suggested by superimposed images of the Empire State Building (an emblem of power) and the Brooklyn Bridge (connecting two economies). Using a time line of art images, multiple video tracks and mirrors, Beall creates an immersive experience. His virtual video installation contrasts with his storyboard narrative of small hand-made prints and a large oil painting. He employs Buckminister Fuller’s Dymaxion map to recall the unity of landmasses, our “one island earth” in geologic time, and humankind’s subsequent efforts at ownership — protecting, defending and expanding carved out territories. Beall’s work speaks to the cultural/political/economic implications in the increasing connectivity of virtual reality and the resulting loss of interpersonal communication.
FIRST FRIDAYS IN GRAND CENTER
Friday, March 1, 2013 From 5 to 9 pm
firstfridaysgrandcenter.org
3721 Washington Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63108
info@brunodavidgallery.com
www.brunodavidgallery.com
1.314.531.3030
MARIO TREJO: Projected Edifices (Front Room)
DICKSON BEALL: Borders & Boundaries: Virtual & Real (New Media Room)
March 1-30, 2013
Opening Reception:
Friday, March 1, 2013, from 5 to 9 pm
Public Hours: Wednesday through Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Bruno David Gallery is pleased to present Richard Hull’s first solo exhibition with the gallery, on view March 1-30, 2013, with an opening reception on Friday, March 1, 2013. A catalogue, RICHARD HULL: RECENT PAINTINGS, will be published on the occasion of the exhibition.
Richard Hull’s paintings fill their canvases with large swathes of color; blocks of opaque hues are overlaid with sweeping brushstrokes clustered together that function like ripples on the water—but far less transient. Rings within a tree may more appropriate, as the description evokes the same feelings of growth that Hull’s painterly gestures achieve. The comparison of grooves on a record player describes some of the patterns, but neither the liveliness of the purposeful irregularities within Hull’s stroke widths nor the texture of thick paint upon the canvas.
Although Hull’s paintings are not traditional portraits, each artwork has a distinct feeling of character. Hull applies a layer of melted beeswax to his canvas before painting, making the rich colors found in his work possible. Then, he paints shapes of hot and cold colors against each other, creating a skewed sense of perspective. This confusion of space, in addition to Hull’s use of repeating lines and simplified shapes, keeps the viewer from identifying a clear subject. The general weight of the masses of shapes often resembles a portrait silhouette, suggesting a living presence.
In the Front Room, the gallery presents an exhibition titled “Projected Edifices” by Mario Trejo. This is his second one-person exhibition at Bruno David Gallery. In his paintings, Trejo visually explores the macro and microcosmic struggle through manic mark-making. His work is a meticulous accumulation of idiosyncratic marks that, at a distance, appear as dark and ethereal cosmic forms, but upon closer inspection reveal themselves as an expanse of scratches that crumble into a Promethean struggle. The hundreds of thousands of marks create illusion of an emerging form, exhibiting the artist’s conscious and sensitive attention to both detail and entirety. The drawings begin to expose small universes, each a relic of the arduous performance of repeated gestures. The compulsive mark-making reflects the eternal battle between the artist and his surroundings, but the product becomes a facsimile of the sublime remoteness of the universe in miniature, revealing at once loneliness, futility, chaos and uncertainty. The artist aptly describes his work as a metaphor for imperium under which we all reside.
In the New Media Room, the gallery presents an installation video work titled “Borders & Boundaries: Virtual & Real,” by Dickson Beall. In his new work, multimedia artist Dickson Beall explores art, from the time of cave painting to present day. In this necessarily selective review, the artist’s focus is on the inter-relationship of expanding “empires” and “bridges” of communication – suggested by superimposed images of the Empire State Building (an emblem of power) and the Brooklyn Bridge (connecting two economies). Using a time line of art images, multiple video tracks and mirrors, Beall creates an immersive experience. His virtual video installation contrasts with his storyboard narrative of small hand-made prints and a large oil painting. He employs Buckminister Fuller’s Dymaxion map to recall the unity of landmasses, our “one island earth” in geologic time, and humankind’s subsequent efforts at ownership — protecting, defending and expanding carved out territories. Beall’s work speaks to the cultural/political/economic implications in the increasing connectivity of virtual reality and the resulting loss of interpersonal communication.
FIRST FRIDAYS IN GRAND CENTER
Friday, March 1, 2013 From 5 to 9 pm
firstfridaysgrandcenter.org
3721 Washington Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63108
info@brunodavidgallery.com
www.brunodavidgallery.com
1.314.531.3030
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